Combined coat and vest



(No Model.)

S. E. REINHARD.

COMBINED GOAT AND VEST. No. 399,436 Patented Mar. 12; 1889.

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SAMFEL E. REINIIARD, OF BALTHTORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED COAT AND VEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,436, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed November 13, 1888. Serial No. 290,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. REINHARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of l\[aryland,have invented a newand useful Improvement in (ombi1iation-Garments, of which the followingis a specification.

M y invention has reference to combinationgarments suitable for male orfemale wear, as hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference point out similar parts in each figure, Figure 1 is an insideView of a combination-garment embodying my invention, showing one frontside of a vest as it would appear when worn extended over the breast,the opposite section being folded backward entirely within the pocket ofthe garment, portions of said pocket being broken away. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view on the line- 1 7 I will describe my invention asapplicable to a thin coat for mens wear, although I do not desire to beunderstood as limiting myself to such use. It is equally as serviceableon garments for womens and childrens wear.

The folding wings, which I hereby denominate and illustrate as frontsections of avest, may be of any form or design that taste orconvenience may dictate. For instance, in childrens garments, in lieu ofthe vest-sections, as shown, there may be fronts of what is generallyknown as a skirtwaist, which may be plaited or ornamented in anysuitable style. For womens apparel, instead of the sections of a vest,as illustrated in the drawings, there may be front sections of a basqueor of any suitable style of costumeappropriate for female wear.

In the drawings, A represents a sack coat having a back, a, and frontpieces, a c. To said front pieces and on either side of the back a isthe front section, B, of a vest adapted to be folded forwardly over thebreast of the wearer. The rear edges, 1'), of these sections 13 (whichare usually attached to a vest-back) are respectively sewed to a frontpiece, a, of the garment near and adjacent: to the opening of a pocket,presently more particularly described The sections B have their collarsupwardly extended, terminating in atab, T, which is supplied with abutton-hole, loop, hook, or any suitable device that takes onto anii'itermeshing fastener of any convenient description. I show in thedrawings a buttonhole, 71., at the end of the extension T and button 71upon the coat. Said fastening devices are so arranged as to be connectedwhether the sections B are within or without the pockets. a

The front pieces, a u, have a lining, L, common to such garments, whichlining is usuall y stitched continuously on a line, 5.

In carrying out my invention, the lining is only connected at portionsof the line .5 to the fronts, leaving upper spaces unattached, that formplackets p of pockets 1, into which pockets the espective vest-sectionscan be inserted and be entirely covered over, as illustrated at the leftof the drawings, when not intended for use. At the upper part of theinterlining L below the coat-collar, on each side, is a slot, s, throughwhich, when the section 13 is within the pocket, is passed the tab T,enabling it.- to be fastened to the button 71, by which means the wholeof said section is maintained in a flat position within said pocket andkept from falling or folding within the pocket. When the vest-sectionsare employed outside of the pockets, they are kept in proper position bybeing connected outwardly by means of the button-hole tabs and buttons,as plainly indicated at the right in the drawings.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the drawings, thenature and object and the practice of my invention will be readilyunderstood by all familiar with analogous articles of apparel.

Myinvention provides an exceedingly neat and useful garment that can beused simply as a coat or wrap, and readily changed so as to present theappearance of a coat and vest, or wrap and basque, said rest or basquebeing kept adjusted in proper position by means of the tab with itsfasteners, either within or without the pocket-receptacles llaving nowfully described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The within-descri bed conibination-garment, having a back, a, frontpieces, a a, each provided with a lining, L, at the inner edge of whichis an opening to form plaekets of pockets P, and vest-sections B,provided with extending button-holed tabs T, all in combination withslots 8 of the lining L above the arn1- hole of the garment,substantially as described 10 and illustrated, as and for the purposeindicated.

SAMUEL E. REINIIARD. XVitnesses:

SAML. H. JACOBSON, ANSON S. TAYLOR.

